Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaska Young


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   redirect to  Looking_for_Alaska. (non-admin closure) LlamaAl (talk) 21:52, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Alaska Young

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Article about a fictional character from the notable (and personal favorite) novel, Looking for Alaska, which fails to meet the general notability guideline and also violates what Wikipedia is not. Presently, the article is a plot summary and contains only in-universe details through primary and unreliable sources. My attempts to look for independent discussion of the character turned up these, articles, and this book which do not devote substantial coverage to the character. Scholarly commentary provided analysis of some general themes and controversy surrounding the novel (e.g. ), but not much commentary of the character.

I am open to reconsidering if reliable, independent sources are found that discuss the character in-depth, but otherwise, I recommend deletion. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 00:48, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Looking_for_Alaska. I performed a search but wasn't able to find anything that discussed the character in the way that would show that she has notability outside of the novel in the way a character such as Harry Potter or Katniss Everdeen. There might be some argument for a list of the characters, but that's somewhat pushing it.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   06:55, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 00:17, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 00:07, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran  ( t  •  c ) 01:57, 3 March 2013 (UTC)




 * Redirect as above: this is just plot summary of a non-notable character. If someone wants to try a selective merge of the most important information, that would be fine, but there's a lack of sourcing and too much plot so we certainly don't want to merge the whole thing. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:51, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.